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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR

~ 3241

A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG
TABLE, PINGTOU’AN

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY,
17TH CENTURY

The single-panel top is set within the wide
rectangular frame, above plain aprons and
spandrels, the whole supported on legs of
round section and joined by pairs of similar
stretchers.
31 º in. (79.2 cm.) high, 63 in. (160 cm.)
long, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide

HK$2,000,000-3,000,00
US$260,000-390,000

PROVENANCE

Grace Wu Bruce Co. Ltd., Hong Kong,
18 January 1992

The present table is distinguished by its long,
single-panel top and elegant proportions. Similar
tables include one illustrated by Gustav Ecke in
Chinese Domestic Furniture, Tokyo, 1962, pl. 46,
no. 36, and another in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, illustrated by Craig Clunas, in Chinese
Furniture, Victoria and Albert Museum Far
Eastern Series, London, 1988, p. 46. Compare
also to a two-panel top pingtou’an from the Lai
Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17
September 2015, lot 922.

明末 / 清初 黃花梨獨板平頭案
來源
嘉木堂，香港，1992年1月18日

造型及比例相近的平頭案可參考一件載於艾克著
《中國花梨家具圖考》，東京，1962年，頁46，
圖版46號，編號36，及英國維多利亞與艾爾伯
特博物館所藏一件，見Craig Clunas著《Chinese
Furniture》，倫敦，1988年，頁46。另參考黎氏家
族舊藏一件，面心由兩板拼接，於紐約佳士得2015
年9月15日拍賣，拍品922號。

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